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The true northerner., 1887-03-30
How the Toboggan Was Invented.

Toboggans are so little known even
to this day on this side of the Canadian
border that some account of them is in
order, with building directions for
those who are handy with tools. The
Indians of the far North were obliged
to pass SO much of their lives in wadlng
through deep SHOWS that they invented
snow-shoes and toboggans. The first
enabled them to walk on top of the
snow, and the second to drag heavy
load behind them when they walked.
Like nearly all barbaric inventions the
toboggan is the perfection of simplicity
and lightness. Something was wanted
that would bear a heavy load without
sinking into the snow. With infinite
patience the Indian hewed out a broad
thin board. This would sustain the
load, but the fore end plowed into the
snow; so it was bent upward and the
plowing difficulty was overcome. After
the toboggan had received a few hard
knocks it began to split; so he put
cleats across. Then he found that he
needed side rails, around which to pass
lashings to keep his peltries from fall
ing overheard, and the affair was COM
plete, and straightway he named it a
toboggan, and did carry his goods and
chattels thereon, and did make extern
sive use of it until the pale face beheld
and traded for it, and transformed it
into vehicle for his young men and
maidens to disport themselves withal
Hartford Times.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
Strings OF Sam Jones.

Flowers are Gods thoughts in bloom.
1t is the business of every man to
tight evil.
God has not lost His power, but the
pulpit has lost lis voice.
More lies are told about money than
anything else in the world.
Can man be Christian If he votes
one way and prays another?
When man knows one thing well
he is likely to find out other things.
You need not wait to ask man to
make profession, for you can tell him
by his acts.
/ know in the depths of my soul there
is something in this world better than
money.
know you denounce drunkenness,
but how few pulpits pull out their
dagger and stab it.
Truth will not only take care of it
self, but it will take care of the man
who breaches it.
Whisky is the worst enemy God or
man ever had, and the best friend the
devil ever had.
Find me the preacher who is built
upon divine character, and L will
show you great character.
Though some men may beat me in
living Alright. no man shall beat me in
repenting OF my meanness.
1t is every preachers duty to de-
nounce the things of hell just as much
as it is to preach the beauty of Christ.
When man just lives for what he
can get and what clothes he can wear
he is not ten feet from the basement.
1t would be as impossible for me to
attempt to exaggerate the glories of
heaven as to try to exaggerate the hor-
rors of evil and sin.
There never was time in the his
tory of the world when the gospel and
religion needed SO much backbone and
nerve as now.
If you will do what Jesus Christ
tells you, and you don't come out a
whole man, then you have got an issue
that will bankrupt the Bible.
Every sin that man commits is a
direct stab at his conscience, and he
stabs and stabs until conscience
breathes its last and is dead forever.
A young lady once said to me (he1
father was a'preacher, too) My father
don't believe in revivals." "Well,
said L, there's where your father and
the devil are alike"
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
Caring for the Widows.

Blanchard Jerrold relates this anec-
dote: A very dear friend of mine, and
of many others to whom literature is q
staff, had died. To say that his family
had claims on Charles Dickens is to say
that they were promptly acknowledged
and satisfied with the grace and hearth
ness which double the gift, sweeten the
bread and warm the wine. l asked a
connection of our dead friend whether
he had seen the poor wife and children.
''Seen them" he answered. II was
there to-day. They are removed into
a charming cottage. They have every
thing about them, and just think of
this, when | burst into one of the par
lors, in my eager survey of the new
home, 1 saw man in his shirt sleeves
up some steps hammering away Justify.
He turned. 1t was Charles Dickens,
and he was hanging the pictures for the
widow. ."-R. II. Stoddard.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
Mr.. Dawes and the Army Contractor

Even in the serious business of inves-
tigating government contracts during
the war there were occasional CLEANS
of humor. 1t was i'll the matter Of q
large purchase of horses, which on
their arrival at the supply depot had
been condemned, that O member OF
Congress, who was a. friend of the i'm
plicated official, argued earnestly that
the horses were all right when they left
the place where they were bought, and
that they must have been rendered
unfit for service solely by the long
journey to the supply depot. Mr..
Dawes, of the investigating committee,
who was conducting the examination,
inquired, with queer twinkle in his
eyes
How long time did this journey
occupy?"
1 don't know exactly, but a good
while"
WELL" said Mr.. Dawes, "about how
many years, say?"
How many gears? What do you
mean by such question as that?'
why, you say the horses were
sound and young when they started,
and became unfit for service during the
journey. 1t must have taken long
time, because nearly the whole lot were
condemned for being over II years old. u
Boston Journal.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
Is the Best

Il have had dyspepsia for several years. and was
urged TO try Hoods sarsaparilla. which did with
the very best results have also been troubled with
catarrh, but since taking Hoods Sarsaparlla have
been very much better i recommended it TO my
neirhbors. and all who have taken it speak very
highly of IT," Mrs. MARY j. RYAN, 13l High Street
indianapolis, Ind.
During the summer ] was feeling all run down.
and thinking l was needing something 10 tone ur
my system. was recommended to try Hoods Sarsa-
parilla After taking two bottles felt much better.
had also been troubled with dyspepsia and Hoods
Sarsaparilla helped me more than anything else
could find. can cordially recommend it TO any one
feeling as did" JAMES X. DARRow, Darrow House,
Fort Wayne Ind.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
Extra Liability To Malarial Infection,

Persons whose blood is thin, digestion weak,
and liver sluggish, extra liable TO the at
tacks of malarial disease. The most trifling
exposure may, under such conditions, infect a
system which, if healthy, would resist the
miasmatic taint The only way to secure
immunity from malaria in localities where II
is prevalent, is to tone and regulate the system
by improving weakened digestion, enriching
the blood, and giving a wholesome impetus to
hillary secretion. These results arc accom-
plished by nothing so effectively rs Hostetters
Stomach Bitters, which long experience has
proved to be the most reliable safeguard against
fever and ague aud kindred disorders. as we'll
ns the best remedy for them. The Bitters are,
more over, excellent invigorant OF the organs
Of urnation, and an active depurent, eliminat-
ing from the blood those acrd Impurities which
or. ginate rheumatic ailments.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
Hoods SarsaparilIa

In the summer was all run down and troubled
with humor which came out AL over my body and
face read of the cures accomplished by Hoods
Sarsaparis. and decided to try it, At that time my
weight was lS5 pounds. have now taken two
bottles, and think very highly of it, it has
cured me of the humor and also seems to
have built up my whole system. 1 weigh
l57 pounds. can recommend Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, as | know it has helped me more than
expected medicine could do for me-" W. c. HENRY,
Elkhart, Ind.
Il have used Hoods Sarsaparilla as blood purifier
and am well pleased with it, il being in my opinion
the proper medicine for the purpose" WILLIAM G.
wUERTH, organist. St. Mary's Church, GS St Antoine
Street, Detroit, Mich.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30

ACCORDING to statement in the
ReU1te Indatstris method has been
devised for successfully treating ba-
gasse, the residual canes ia sugar MAX
ing, by means of which, that is, through
direct compression, the material pro-
duces combustible containing not
more than 40 to 80 per cent. of water,
and in this state the waste can be burnt
directly in the boiler furnaces or
carbonized without previous dry
ing. This result is obtained by
preliminary division of the pieces of
cane in special apparatus, whereby
the after compressing of the substance
by presses of any convenient kind may
be usefully secured. The compressed
mass is formed into bricks by the addi-
ton of powdered fuel ashes or lime
and il is remarked as notable illus
tration or instance of the utilization of
waste product reacting upon the orig
inal value OF the material, that this
conversion of waste sugar-cane into a
useful fuel will render possible spe-
cial treatment of the cane, which will
result in simplifying processes, saving
labor, etc.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
The MOOnshiners.

Rude iii speech, figure, and habit;
barely lettered, though rarely entirely
unlettered; cunning, bold, determined,
and reckless of life, he is apart from
the men of any of the people who dwell
on either side of his mountain range,
and has a code of manners, customs,
and morals that is unknown to the
outer world. The origin of the noun
taineers that inhabit the ranges from
Virginia to Arkansas is subject that
might tempt the curiosity of serious
historian. The vestiges of the early
population, and of some of the singular
episode inroads that accompanied the
steady flow OF English colonization are
still plainly perceptible.
From the semi-ducal plantations of
the kings favorites in Virginia and the
Carolinas many of those unfortunate
or criminal wretches who were trans
ported from the mother country to be
penal slaves in the fields of heartless
and mostly absentee masters escaped
into the refuge of the mountains, and,
animated by TIE despairing hope of
freedom, sought the most inaccessib' @
hiding places. To the escaped convict,
trembling under the remembrance of a
masters lash, and willing to dare any
native danger to escape the slavery he
had fled. the approach of another refu-
gee was as full of terror as of comfort.
The runaway felon could trust nobody
or pei haps he had brand upon his
foi ehead to hide from curious eyes,
and wherever he made his home it was
kept remote from neighborship, and
made as uninviting as possible to adj
venturous or suspicious eyes.
There is little doubt that among the
/, first settlers of the mountains were
these British convicts sold into slavery
to the American plantations, and con-
demned to life of laborious servitude,
which they only escaped by such hard
ships as could tempt no free man. The
free pioneer and the woodsman pushed
| on across the mountains or through the
passes and cleared for himself an en-
pire and garden in fertile * kentucky
and Middle Tennessee, or sought the
softer air and cotton lands of the South
ern States. The escaped convict was
afraid to venture in either direction,
lest he should rush into the hands of a
former master or overseer, who would
identify and re-enslave him. So, with
the last instinct of personal freedom
that has always possessed the Cauca-
sian race in every land, he clung to the
mountains of his refuge, secure in his
solitude, and getting his peace in the
impregnability of his retreat. South
CT1l BiUOtdC.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
How to Know Good Meat.

DR.. Letheby lays down the following
simple rules for the guidance of those
in search of good meat:
1t is neither of pale pink nor of a
deep purple tint.
1t has marked appearance from the
ramificatlon of little veins of fat among
the muscles.
1t should be firm and elastic to the
touch. Bad meat is wet, sodden and
ilabby, with the fat looking like jelly
or wet parchment.
1t should have little or no odor, and
the odor should not be disagreeable.
Diseased meat has a sickly, cadaverous
smell, and sometimes a smell of physic.
This is discoverable if the meat is
chopped and drenched with warm
water.
1t should not shrink or waste much
in cooking.-Herald of Health.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
The Oft Told Story

OF the peculiar medicinal merits of Hoods Sarsapa
rilla is fully confirmed by the voluntary testimony
of thousands who have tried il. Peculiar in the COM
bination proportion, and preparation of its ingredi-
ents peculiar in the extreme with which IL is
put up, Hoods Sarsaparilla accomplishes cures
where other preparations eatirely fail Peculiar in
the unequaled good name il has made at home,
which is tower of strength abroad" peculiar in
the phenomenal sales it has attained the most popu-
lar and successful spring medicine and blood purifier
before the public to-day is Hoods Sarsaparilla
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
The Inquisitive Boy Again.

A young lady and small bright
eyed boy entered street car on Lake
avenue yesterday afternoon. The lady
deposited her fare and the boys, and
the bell rang.
Aunt Ella" said the boy, what
makes the bell ring?'
The driver rings the bell" was the
reply:
what does he do that for?"
why, he does it to register the
fare"
What does he do that for?"
Because he has to-"
ooh"
Then there was a silence for half
minute. Presently the boy said:
What is that round thing up there ?"
THAT is the register"
What is that for?"
"To register the fare"
You said the ring registered the
fare"
mo, didn't say that.
"Yes, you did, Aunt lila"
"Now, Johnny, don't you contradict
me; you are naughty boy"
well, that's what you said
A silence of two minutes followed.
1t was broken by the boy, who said ::
"Say, Aunt Ella, what made you tell
me that the ring registered the fare 2"
"Oh, L don't know"
"You did say so, didn't you, Aunt
Ella?"
"Yes, Johnny"
"Then what made you say that you
didn't say it?'
Il didn't say that / didn't say so.
Don't bother me, Johnny"
After another brief silence the boy
returned to the attack. "Say, Aunt
Ella, did you go to Sunday-school
when you was little?"
"Yes, child, of course did,"
"Did you take any priles?'
"Yes, lots of them"
"Did you tell wrong stories as much
as you do now?"
Johnny, you are bad boy. / shall
tell your mother"
al wish you would tell her two times
that's what / WISH"
why, Johnny?"
"'Cause you wouldn't tell the same
story two times; that would let me
out. "-Rochester Herald.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30

100 Doses One Dollar" often told of this peculiar
medicine. Hoods sarsaparilla, is not catch line
only, but is absolutely true of and original with this
preparation; and ii is absolutely true that it
honestly be applied only TO Hoods SarsaparilA.
which is the very best spring medicine and blood
rifer. Now reader, prove it. Take bottle home and
measure its contents You will find it 10 hold 100
tea.poonfu's Now read the directions, and you win
find that the average dose for persons Of different
ages is less than a teaspoonful. Thus economy and
strength are peculiar to Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
Scarcity Of Small Change.

"How do you like this town?" asked
a white gentleman of "Sam Johnsing,
who had just arrived in the town and
started a barber shop.
"De town am good enuff; but Is
sorry for de folks-dey am so pore.
"There seems to be considerable
wealth." remarked the customer.
"Yes, dar seems to be; but hits all 6
snare and q collusion. Yesterday
wanted change foah 50 bill. hunted
all fru my pockets, and / hain't foun
it yet. nebber seed town where i
was so hard to git change foah por,
50 bill. "-Drdke,s TrdUelerS' Maya
zil1p
The true northerner., 1887-03-30

THEY have curious way of settling
matrimonial disputes in Nepal, India.
On a plain is q standard. When a wife
wants divorce from her husband she
is given a fair start and has to run
across the plain. Her better hall
chases her with kookree. If the wo
man reaches the standard first she oh.
taius dissolution of her marriage. II
she doesn't get to the post at all it is
because her husband has caught hei
and cut her down. We are in blissful
ignorance of the ordeal through which
husband who wishes to get rid of his
wife has to pass. But we may be sure
it is not such fearful one as that cited
above.--NtU York Tribune.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
He Got n Discount.

Dealer in crock eryware Ito customer
-"No, 1 don't see that L can let you
have that tea set for anything less.
Customer-~Well, it might pay you to
secure nv trade" "Humph! going into
the retail business?" "No; but I've
just got married." -That's no induce
ment; brides are usually very careful
with their dishes" But we are going
to keep kitchen girl" "Oh! you are
Certainly, sir, we'll treat you literally
I'll make a discount of 70 per cent. on
this purchase on the condition that you
give me your trade hereafter" And il
was bargain. Boston Courier.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30

While agreeing in general with the
theory that comets have their origin
beyond the limits of the solar system,
Prof. Daniel Kirkwood finds proof that
some of those of short period are minor
planets whose orbits in the asteroid
zone have been changed through the
perturbing influence of the larger
planets. The third comet of 1884, for
instance. seems to have been drawn
from the asteroids by Jupiter in May,
1875.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
IInDOrtant.

When you visit or leave New York City, save
baggage, expressage and 81 carriage hire, and
stop at the Grand Union Hotel. opposite
Grand Central Depot
6l3 rooms, fitted up at a cost OF one million
,ollars, 81 and upwards per day. European
plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with the
best Horse cars, stages, and elevated rail-
road 10 all depots Families can live bester for
less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at
any other frst-class hotel in the city.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
Frankness.

Mistress-"The coffee is so strong
this morning that it's absolutely bitter,
Kathleen"
Maid-"Yes, ma'am. TIL policeman
on this bate do be comphlanin' av tn
wakeness av it all winter, an durin' tn
cowld wither cook is afther humorin'
th' poor divil bit. lid Bits.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30

IL Europe indulgences were in the
early ages of the church remissions Of
the penances imposed upon persons
whose sins had brought scandal on the
community Later they were repre-
sented as actual pardons of guilt, and
the purchaser of indulgence was said
to be delivered from all his sins.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
A Notable Remnant.

Another member of the immortal
"Six Hundred" has just died. There
must have been about ] 300 of them
when they went into the fight, and
some 1900 must have come out alive to
account for the numerous mortality
since. .-Ne,U Orlcdns Picdyu1le.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
The Most Remarkable Business i'm the
Country.

Our citizens have observed notices in the
leading papers, from time to time, of little
harmless food plant called Moxie, found in
South America last year. Its fine taste as a
beverage, and ability to restore nervous, weak
people of both sexes to do two DAYS work in
one with less fatigue, have made tho demand
so immense that 5,OU0,0JO bottles have been
sold in II months. What will DO the sale in
five years at this rate!
The true northerner., 1887-03-30

CARDINAL DE RIcHELIEU, the famous
prime minister of France during the
reign of Louis MIL, died in l642, after
twenty years reign as the real head of
the country, the King being little bet
ter than ali imbeche.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30

$4,000 were spent in eighteen years by
Prof. G.. A. Donaldson, of Louisville. Ky,
in trying to get rid of his journalism. but
he found no relief until Mt last he used st.
Jacobs Oil, which speedily cured him.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30

THE most severe cough can at once be
removed by Red Star Cough Cure. "Give
it to your children by all means, says Prof.
Williams. ex-State Chemist of Delaware,
who found it wonderfully efficacious. Price,
only twenty-five cents bottle.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30

WOMEN always claim to be anxious
to have as good husbands as possible,
and yet we never attended wedding
where the bride married the best man.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30

IT is mistake, young man, when
you think the girls just d ing after you.
It is only you who are thoroughly in
love with Yourself
The true northerner., 1887-03-30

The way for an orator to avoid max
ing heavy speeches is to weigh his words
we'll before speaking.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30

IT was in the ninth century that
navy was organized 10y Alfred the
Great.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30

THE Boston boys stomach is always in
apple e-pie order. -NeU Orleans Picayune.
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
Asfer0id C0mefs

DoN'T hawk, and blow, and spit, but use Dr.
Sages Catarrh Remedy
The true northerner., 1887-03-30
Hoods SarsapariIIa

Sold by all druggists ST. six for S. Prepared onl,
by c. l. HOOD CO., Apothecaries. Lowell Mass.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-08
Easter Monday Ram

The ball which will be given Easter Mon
day at City Hall, by the Irish American Re-
hef Association, will be an unusually bril-
liant entertainment. Chandlers band will
give concert from to o'clock. A quad
rule band OF ten pieces will furnish the mu-
sic for the dance The orders, or programmes
for the ladies win be the handsomest seen in
this city for many a year. Every lady at
tending will receive one of these souvenirs.
Delesations of ladies and gentlemen will be
present from Boston, Portsmouth, Bangor,
Lewiston. Augusta, Biddeford and Bath.
The doors will be opened at 7.3O. Tickets
can be procured from the committee and at
various stores throughout the city. The
souvenir programmes will be distributed
during the grand march.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-08
PERSONAL.

Hon. Thomas J. Peaks, e Charleston.
will deliver the address at Keuduskeag on
Memorial Day.
MIR. Alvin Neal, Jr., who was hurt by a
fall on the steamer Partisan, Wednesday.
was more comfortable yesterday.
Messrs. Henry 7. Cummings, of this city,
and j. Q. A. Harves, HaIlowell, have been
appointed commissioners of pharmacy.
Mr.. Frank S. Warehouse was telegraphed
to yesterday to leave at once for Kittrell N.
O., where his father, Mr.. J. w, Waterhouse
who lately went south for his health, is lying
very ILL.,
MI. 4. X. Payson, secretary, of the Port
land Water Company, has been elected treas
urer of the Y. M. G. A. in place of Mr.. C. A.
Woodbury., who retires after faithful SER
vice Of two years.
Mr.. II. Fremont Maddocks has been ap-
pointed railway postal clerk between Bangor
and Boston, to succeed r. b. Cookson, re-
signed, and entered upon his duties Satur-
day. He takes the run of Mr.. j. E. Rogers
of Bangor, the latter having been assigned
to that of Mr.. Cookson.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-08
William A. Morton,
Cumberland Rowing Association.

To the Editor of the Press.
notice in this mornings issue an article
inspired by member of the Cumberland
Rowing Association. Now the G. R. A have
good oarsmen no one questions. Everyone
interested in aquatics is aware of this fact,
but there are oarsmen who are not and never
were members of the G. r. A., that have won
honors in National Association races, and
members of the Dirigo Boat Club can show
prizes to substantiate this statement. The
author of the article states that the G. r. A.
were the only eastern club of sufficient i'm
portance to send delegates to the meeting
held in Boston. The facts are that when
President Fox of the Cresents, in naming the
clubs it would be desirable to have in the
New England Association of Amateur Oars
men, named the Dirigo and did not mention
the Cumberlands. The President of the
Cumberlands published in the Boston Globe
lengthy article calling attention to their
record and asking why they were not men,
TONED. He also expressed the desire of the
Cumberlands to join the New England ANA
teur Oarsmen even unlimited. We would
like to inquire If any of the men who repre-
sented the G. X. A. in the National and Ca
madam Association races are now members
of that association. DIRIGo.